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A tribute to actor RAY STARKEY who died on Friday, with an excerpt from a 1988 interview with him.

Movie Critic Stephen Schiff reviews the Western spoof, "Maverick," starring Jodie Foster, James Gardner and Mel Gibson.

RICHARD PRELINGER is a archivist of films you probably thought were not worth saving: educational, industrial, and public-service films made from the 1930s through the 1960s. He's the director of Prelinger Associates, Inc., and he's collected some 25,000 films with titles like "A is For Atom," "Good Wrinkles: The Story of a Remarkable Fruit," and "Are You Popular?" PRELINGER became interested in the historical importance of such films while researching, and obtaining the rights for footage used in the films "Heavy Petting," (not yet released) and "The Atomic Cafe." PRELINGER has compiled and edited a two volume videotape and disk documentary, "To New Horizons: Ephemeral Films 1931-1945," and "You Can't Get There From Here: Ephemeral Films 1946-1960." (the address for Prelinger Associates, Inc., is 430 West 14th St., Room 403, New York, N.Y. 10014 (212) 255-8866.)Also, in this half hour, TERRY talks with writer KEN SMITH who is writing a book on the films. SMITH is co-author of "Roadside America" books (volumes 1 and 2) about tourist attractions in the U.S. He's also an archivist with Prelinger Associates.

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Legendary American filmmaker, MARTIN SCORCESE. As part of a retrospective of his work by the Film Society of Lincoln Centerthis summer, The Department of Cinema Studies at Tisch School of the Arts presented "An Evening With Martin Scorcese," a wide ranging question and answer session taped live before an audience at New York University. We play a portion of this discussion, where Scorcese examines the art of cinema and his own body of work. SCORCESE has recently funded the restoration of the Hollywood Classic "El Cid" and released his new film, "Age of Innocence". REBROADCAST FROM 6

2: Novelist GEOFFREY WOLFF. His books include "The Final Club," "Providence," and a collection of essays, "A Day at the Beach." His book "The Duke of Deception" is about his father, who was a con-man who lied about his background, wrote bad checks, and later had a nervous breakdown and went to jail. His brother, novelist Tobias Wolff, has also written about their father. WOLFF's newest book, "Age of Consent" is due to be released in February (Alfred P. Knopf). (REBROADCAST FROM 10

T-V critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews "Monty" a new sitcom on FOX starring and produced by Henry Winkler.

Commentator Maureern Corrigan has a review of a new novel by Louis Begley, "As Max Saw It." (Knopf). REV. 2:Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews "Revelation" the new album by 30-year old pianist Cyrus Chestnut (On the Atlantic Jazz label).

2: For over 15 years, LINDA FAIRSTEIN (FAIR-STINE) has directed the Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit of the Manhattan D.A.'s office. The unit was the first of it's kind, and has become a model for others in cities across the country. When FAIRSTEIN began working there, rape cases were rarely tried in court, rape victims were sitigmatized, and there was little understanding about rape in society. Over the years, FAIRSTEIN and her colleagues have made great strides in combating such crimes, and improving conviction rates. FAIRSTEIN has written a new book about their work, "Sexual Violence: Our War Against Rape." (William Morrow &

Lawyer, professor, and former nominee to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, LANI GUINIER. GUINIER's nomination was withdrawn by President Clinton, after Republicans and Democrats started to question her views, as expressed in her academic writings, labeling her a "racial separatist," and the "quota queen." GUINIER talks with Terry about her views, her work with the NAACP's Legal Defense and Educational fund to amend the the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and how she was misunderstood and misrepresented during the nomination process. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE